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The L I FEB 02 1981 MfMi Coiieeiafi Kenyon Established 1856 I VolumeCXII Number 15 Kenyon College Gambier Ohio 43022 Thursday January 29 1981 Fourteen Month Hostage Ordeal Ends for Students Father Bv CHRIS BURKE When his father was taken hostage ai the American Embassy 14 months aeo Kenyon sophomore Robert Moore had no idea that the Iranian Crisis would last as long as it did Last week when Moore realized that the hostages would finally be released the lension that had gripped him for over a year vanished I gave a profound physical visceral shudder of relief saidavisibly shaken Moore On Saturday Moore and his family who live in Mt Vernon were flown with other hostage families to the US Military Academy at West Point for a mediafree reunion with the 52 freed Americans A reception at the White House on Tuesday followed a few daysseclusion in New York Roberts father Bert Moore held the position of Counselor fpr Administration at the US Embassy in Teheran when it was stormed by Iranian militants on November 4 1979 Few details were known about the early days of captivity w hen Bert Moore called his family about ten minutes after landing in Wiesbaden OnlvOne Woman Tenured Trend is Toward Hiring More TenureTrack Women B y L Y N N T RA VERS Ofatotalof100continuingtenuretrack faculty for the Kenyon 198081 academic year just 15 are women according to figures provided bv Provost Jerry Irish Only one of these hasobtainedtenure However data from Equal Opportunity Coordinator Donna H Scott show a continuing trend tow ards hiring more women in tenuretrack positions In 196970 the year that the College became coeducational 13 of new hirees for the continuing faculty were women and the total number of females in those jobs at Kenyon comprised 3 of the total 400 of those appointed in 197980 line most recent year tor which data are available were women and females made un i6 of the con tinuine facultv Although these percentages are low they are not out of line with those of other schools At Oberlin University approximately 20 of the faculty are omen according to Associate Dean f the College of Arts and Sciences Paula Goldsmid Figures compiled through last year show that of 151 faculty in tenuretrack positions 25 we women 15 of those had been granted tenure At Northwestern University 4 of their Professors t3ro of their Associate Professors and 25 of thejr Assistant Professors are women according to Planning Coordinator Jeremy Wilson Many reasons are given to explain these low percentages Dr Irish feels that the Colleges becoming coeducational just 1 1 years ago is a major one since there was no real Pusn to hire women before that po he thinks that the nature of the College environment discourages any women although it may discourage some men These feelings are seconded by President Philip H Jordan who also points out the ardships experienced by married Professional couples who have Wiculty finding suitable jobs for otn members due to the limited opportunities in the area in which they tresdeinordertocomply with the tenmilemle Harlene Marley the only tenured West Germany and related some of the horrifying details of his ordeal On April 26 1980 the day after the botched American rescue attempt Moore was blindfolded handcuffed backtoback with another hostage and thrown in he back of a jeep for a nonstop 18hour drive to a place outside Teheran Moore was held at this unknown location until early June when he came down with food poisoning He was transferred to Teheran w here he could be attended to by competent physicians After he recovered Moore was placed in a prison in Teheran Throughout the time he was held captive Moore never saw more than three or four Americans According to son Robert he was one of the lucky ones Some of the hostages never saw any other Americans for hundreds of days at a stretch Captivity for the Americans was largely a time ofintense boredom Bert Moore wrote dozens of letters to alleviate the tedium but only eight or nineof them got through Moore received most of his wifes letters although some were censored v Tenured Professor Harlene Mariey woman on the Kenyon faculty states that the lack of more women does not adversely affect her in theperformanceof her job but that thereisa distinct advantage to hiring more women to continuing positions She feels that women in those jobs enjoy a greater degree of visibility than those in temporary positions and thus can play a more active role in hecommunity and serve as a sort of role model for others Faculty at Kenyon receive tenure after three reviews which generally take place over a period of six or seven years The first of these takes place after the first year and isconducted by the appropriate department chair who then makes recommendations to the Provost After another year a second reappointment review takesplace For this the Provost gathers information and reports to the President Finally after the equivalent of six years of teaching a professor comes up for a final review also conducted by the Provost which determines whether that instructor will receive tenure Many suggestions have been made regarding getting more women on the continuing faculty and President Jordan says that this whole issue has been of considerable priority for a number of years He goes on to say that persistent attention to hiring continued on page eight The hostages were forced to live in poor conditions and the food they were given was barely sufficient A typical meal consisted of a chicken or turkey leg mashed potatoes and canned cherry pie filling said Robert Moore spent most of his time in a small cell furnished only with a cheap mattress and a plastic chair The politics of the situationintrigued Robert Moore a Political Science major who recentlytransferred from Ohio State According to Robert President Carter ignored warnings from the Embassy staff that specifically mentioned the possibility of a takeover if the exShah was allowed into the United States Despite these warnings Robert says Carter w as pressured by David Rockefeller and Henry Kissinger to let the Shah in Furthermore Robert says the Shah was allowed in under the false pretext that he needed a gall bladder operation The operation could have been performed almost anywhere The Embassy w as captured two weeks after the Shah came to America The news media has exerted a tangible influence on the lives of the members of Bert Moores family although Robert says that his family chose not to makeacareerout of the Iran Crisis like some hostage families Roberts mother stonewalled the press until the hostages w ere released and then held a press conference Robert seems somewhat bitter about somejournalists tactics The media has been willing to do anything for a story to be in the living rooms of hostage families to see their emotional responses to watch their tears flow Professors Horwitz and Coby Begin Preparations for Summer Institute Bv JULIA MARLOWE In a matter of months Kenyons unique form of Political Science 12 may be implemented from New York to Texas and from Lynchburg to Kent This June will mark the beginning of a summer institute to be held here designed to share with teachers of political science throughout the country theintroductory course developed here over the past 15 years The course entitled The Quest for Justice has been a popular one at Kenyon consistently enrolling3540 percent of the Freshman class many of w hom go on to take higher level courses in Political Science This is gratifying to the department especially at a lime when Political Science enrollment is lagging at many institutions In 1977 the success of the course resulted in the publication of a description of its premise and method of the Newsletter of the American Political Science Association The glut of inquiries that followed from institutions seeking a sound introductory course to political science convinced Kenyons political scientists that they had acheived no small success and that they could be of substantia assistance to other schools depar President Ronald Reagan greets when they see their relatives step off theplanein Algiers Robert claims to be at least half joking w hen he speaks this way about the news media Indeed a sense of humor has been invaluable to him throughout the crisis Once when he answered the door and was faced with three microphones two television cameras and several newsmen Robert unblinkingly deadpanned Do I get to brush my teeth and comb my hair Sometimes the jokes are on thegrim side About the political implications of the situation Robert says They should have put the Shah on a plane and sent him back to Iran along with David Rockefeller and Henry Kissinger And when the hostages were finally released he said Too bad theyre already released It means Professors Robert Horwitz and tments Thus the idea of a summer institute was born With a sizable grant from The Institute for Educational Affairs 1EA the program was made possible and in June 1980 Kenyon professors Robert Horwitz and Patrick Coby began preparations After only limited publicity they received applications numbering over three times the amount of spaces available and were then faced with the difficult task of selecting the final group of twenty participants who will attend the monthlong program this summer Seeking a mix of i the Moore family I cant indulgeinany morespeculation forthepress Many of Roberts statements must be taken as the tongueincheek sarcasms they quite obviously are He and all the hostage families have been under enormous pressure these last fourteen months Thequestionof how they coped must be of secondary importance to the mere fact that they endured the Crisis riding an emotional rollercoaster with aplomb and dignity A sad but trueconsequence of captivity is thatnewfound freedom is often a moredifficult and demanding time forexprisoners than the actual period of incarceration Americans everywhere shared the ecstasy and relief of the hostage reunions now they must patiently try to ease the readjustment each hostage has to make Patrick Coby political science educators Profs Horwitz and Coby considered each applicants experience position and area of specialization Theyaccomplished their objectiveadmirably as Horwitz observed we are gratified by the breadth diversity and capacity of theapplicants our particiapnts will include teachers andteachingchairmen from large and small colleges and universities both private and public from denominational and nondenominational schools from small prestigious liberal arts schools as well as multiversities Accordingly this summers institute continued on page eight

The L I FEB 02 1981 MfMi Coiieeiafi Kenyon Established 1856 I VolumeCXII Number 15 Kenyon College Gambier Ohio 43022 Thursday January 29 1981 Fourteen Month Hostage Ordeal Ends for Students Father Bv CHRIS BURKE When his father was taken hostage ai the American Embassy 14 months aeo Kenyon sophomore Robert Moore had no idea that the Iranian Crisis would last as long as it did Last week when Moore realized that the hostages would finally be released the lension that had gripped him for over a year vanished I gave a profound physical visceral shudder of relief saidavisibly shaken Moore On Saturday Moore and his family who live in Mt Vernon were flown with other hostage families to the US Military Academy at West Point for a mediafree reunion with the 52 freed Americans A reception at the White House on Tuesday followed a few daysseclusion in New York Roberts father Bert Moore held the position of Counselor fpr Administration at the US Embassy in Teheran when it was stormed by Iranian militants on November 4 1979 Few details were known about the early days of captivity w hen Bert Moore called his family about ten minutes after landing in Wiesbaden OnlvOne Woman Tenured Trend is Toward Hiring More TenureTrack Women B y L Y N N T RA VERS Ofatotalof100continuingtenuretrack faculty for the Kenyon 198081 academic year just 15 are women according to figures provided bv Provost Jerry Irish Only one of these hasobtainedtenure However data from Equal Opportunity Coordinator Donna H Scott show a continuing trend tow ards hiring more women in tenuretrack positions In 196970 the year that the College became coeducational 13 of new hirees for the continuing faculty were women and the total number of females in those jobs at Kenyon comprised 3 of the total 400 of those appointed in 197980 line most recent year tor which data are available were women and females made un i6 of the con tinuine facultv Although these percentages are low they are not out of line with those of other schools At Oberlin University approximately 20 of the faculty are omen according to Associate Dean f the College of Arts and Sciences Paula Goldsmid Figures compiled through last year show that of 151 faculty in tenuretrack positions 25 we women 15 of those had been granted tenure At Northwestern University 4 of their Professors t3ro of their Associate Professors and 25 of thejr Assistant Professors are women according to Planning Coordinator Jeremy Wilson Many reasons are given to explain these low percentages Dr Irish feels that the Colleges becoming coeducational just 1 1 years ago is a major one since there was no real Pusn to hire women before that po he thinks that the nature of the College environment discourages any women although it may discourage some men These feelings are seconded by President Philip H Jordan who also points out the ardships experienced by married Professional couples who have Wiculty finding suitable jobs for otn members due to the limited opportunities in the area in which they tresdeinordertocomply with the tenmilemle Harlene Marley the only tenured West Germany and related some of the horrifying details of his ordeal On April 26 1980 the day after the botched American rescue attempt Moore was blindfolded handcuffed backtoback with another hostage and thrown in he back of a jeep for a nonstop 18hour drive to a place outside Teheran Moore was held at this unknown location until early June when he came down with food poisoning He was transferred to Teheran w here he could be attended to by competent physicians After he recovered Moore was placed in a prison in Teheran Throughout the time he was held captive Moore never saw more than three or four Americans According to son Robert he was one of the lucky ones Some of the hostages never saw any other Americans for hundreds of days at a stretch Captivity for the Americans was largely a time ofintense boredom Bert Moore wrote dozens of letters to alleviate the tedium but only eight or nineof them got through Moore received most of his wifes letters although some were censored v Tenured Professor Harlene Mariey woman on the Kenyon faculty states that the lack of more women does not adversely affect her in theperformanceof her job but that thereisa distinct advantage to hiring more women to continuing positions She feels that women in those jobs enjoy a greater degree of visibility than those in temporary positions and thus can play a more active role in hecommunity and serve as a sort of role model for others Faculty at Kenyon receive tenure after three reviews which generally take place over a period of six or seven years The first of these takes place after the first year and isconducted by the appropriate department chair who then makes recommendations to the Provost After another year a second reappointment review takesplace For this the Provost gathers information and reports to the President Finally after the equivalent of six years of teaching a professor comes up for a final review also conducted by the Provost which determines whether that instructor will receive tenure Many suggestions have been made regarding getting more women on the continuing faculty and President Jordan says that this whole issue has been of considerable priority for a number of years He goes on to say that persistent attention to hiring continued on page eight The hostages were forced to live in poor conditions and the food they were given was barely sufficient A typical meal consisted of a chicken or turkey leg mashed potatoes and canned cherry pie filling said Robert Moore spent most of his time in a small cell furnished only with a cheap mattress and a plastic chair The politics of the situationintrigued Robert Moore a Political Science major who recentlytransferred from Ohio State According to Robert President Carter ignored warnings from the Embassy staff that specifically mentioned the possibility of a takeover if the exShah was allowed into the United States Despite these warnings Robert says Carter w as pressured by David Rockefeller and Henry Kissinger to let the Shah in Furthermore Robert says the Shah was allowed in under the false pretext that he needed a gall bladder operation The operation could have been performed almost anywhere The Embassy w as captured two weeks after the Shah came to America The news media has exerted a tangible influence on the lives of the members of Bert Moores family although Robert says that his family chose not to makeacareerout of the Iran Crisis like some hostage families Roberts mother stonewalled the press until the hostages w ere released and then held a press conference Robert seems somewhat bitter about somejournalists tactics The media has been willing to do anything for a story to be in the living rooms of hostage families to see their emotional responses to watch their tears flow Professors Horwitz and Coby Begin Preparations for Summer Institute Bv JULIA MARLOWE In a matter of months Kenyons unique form of Political Science 12 may be implemented from New York to Texas and from Lynchburg to Kent This June will mark the beginning of a summer institute to be held here designed to share with teachers of political science throughout the country theintroductory course developed here over the past 15 years The course entitled The Quest for Justice has been a popular one at Kenyon consistently enrolling3540 percent of the Freshman class many of w hom go on to take higher level courses in Political Science This is gratifying to the department especially at a lime when Political Science enrollment is lagging at many institutions In 1977 the success of the course resulted in the publication of a description of its premise and method of the Newsletter of the American Political Science Association The glut of inquiries that followed from institutions seeking a sound introductory course to political science convinced Kenyons political scientists that they had acheived no small success and that they could be of substantia assistance to other schools depar President Ronald Reagan greets when they see their relatives step off theplanein Algiers Robert claims to be at least half joking w hen he speaks this way about the news media Indeed a sense of humor has been invaluable to him throughout the crisis Once when he answered the door and was faced with three microphones two television cameras and several newsmen Robert unblinkingly deadpanned Do I get to brush my teeth and comb my hair Sometimes the jokes are on thegrim side About the political implications of the situation Robert says They should have put the Shah on a plane and sent him back to Iran along with David Rockefeller and Henry Kissinger And when the hostages were finally released he said Too bad theyre already released It means Professors Robert Horwitz and tments Thus the idea of a summer institute was born With a sizable grant from The Institute for Educational Affairs 1EA the program was made possible and in June 1980 Kenyon professors Robert Horwitz and Patrick Coby began preparations After only limited publicity they received applications numbering over three times the amount of spaces available and were then faced with the difficult task of selecting the final group of twenty participants who will attend the monthlong program this summer Seeking a mix of i the Moore family I cant indulgeinany morespeculation forthepress Many of Roberts statements must be taken as the tongueincheek sarcasms they quite obviously are He and all the hostage families have been under enormous pressure these last fourteen months Thequestionof how they coped must be of secondary importance to the mere fact that they endured the Crisis riding an emotional rollercoaster with aplomb and dignity A sad but trueconsequence of captivity is thatnewfound freedom is often a moredifficult and demanding time forexprisoners than the actual period of incarceration Americans everywhere shared the ecstasy and relief of the hostage reunions now they must patiently try to ease the readjustment each hostage has to make Patrick Coby political science educators Profs Horwitz and Coby considered each applicants experience position and area of specialization Theyaccomplished their objectiveadmirably as Horwitz observed we are gratified by the breadth diversity and capacity of theapplicants our particiapnts will include teachers andteachingchairmen from large and small colleges and universities both private and public from denominational and nondenominational schools from small prestigious liberal arts schools as well as multiversities Accordingly this summers institute continued on page eight